Support rack for cartons of bottles or the like



Sept. 7, "1943. C, H, KRUEA 2,328,913

SUPPORT RACK FOIT CARTONS 0F BOTTLES OR THE LIKE Filed July 17, 1941 as INVENTOR.

29 z/mz K Fee-stamens it "ihomas, Ky. 1assignor of. My. Creutz Forta 'lfhomaa;

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instanceot bags designed) for thismurp lo'opsiare-usualiy preview-extend} r, In'generaL-theraek unit-provided infithe rehorizontally disposed i iange' barsf lfl, These f barsor rail's 310are supported betweenpairsof air} of uprights" I 2;; i The Mprightsar ith zieet mmpon which thej if/f back ot the unit a pair of orossed= rdiagonai tie bars l i= l4= are provided for tracing the units t At'the baek edge of eaohthan ger ban I U-a; flange ,I 5 is turned 1- upto reinfmdewit and 1 prevent the I bar from sagging. vpAt i-eabh"iendga flange ii is :turned down atiright anglesyt the bodyiof'the hanger; bar. Thesemgflangesqlfi:eare;iriveted' or" aboltedh 1to their :respective tsupportinga arms; I I.

In the instance shown twohanger: barsare fastened tto each pair of thevarms l l g one @t ithe i frontfand one at ,the. back 'Ifhe arms are iinade from angle irons and-aren fixedi to. the. uprights to extend forwardly 'andupwardly 't an, angle of cartons or'bagsfinp s pn iromw i n l t. it t a n ema es 3 w :f ra' k ednsiderabl'effthat is, wherein ;rows of 30 Pairs of hanger hooks I1 extend'from the front cartons may besupportedfwith the back rows edge of each hangerbar. The hooks are convisibletoanyone standing before the rack and stituted bytahgs which are bent upwardly from jwherein the structure of'the-rack is'sturdy and th b an angle approximating 450 It is t capable of supporting the combined Weight of a V suggested that the hookspf each pair be spaced greatmanycartons ofqbottles. i i 3'51 apart two inches or more and that the bar ba i e .O j n e tain-advantages of the it i cut out between them, as at l8, to allow the hand 1 l iuventionwill be o e u y aJpp ent rom the 1 to grip each carton for removal without interdescription ofthe drawing in which: i i i ference. The hooks of the pairs are spaced apart Figurel is a front view of' a tack embodying 1 according to the width of the slots in the cartons h present invention; V 40 to behung on'the rack. 3 i i u e 215 a Side VieW Qf t e rack- For the small, six-bottle packages, shown in Figure is a t P View Ofthe r the drawing, distance of-five andone-half inches Figurerlis a r e sectional View taken between the pair of hooks is sufficient, Since on +4 i a -two hooks are used for each carton, the cartons FFlgure 5 1s a fragmentary perspectlve vleware supported neatly in horizontal position' and a showing a modified adjustable hanger hook. s i i i n i ymmetrlcal display of a great number otcar- 6 sectilonal tons of bottlesresults. i i i r i The stands or racks of this inilentiontare ide it The uprights are preferably TTshaped bars 3 1 i "signed to support, for storage and.disp1ay,'car- In the'preferred r he bases of the h d tens or bags of bottles. These cartons or bags a face 011W? s de 0f t racks present are of the type adapted to carry six bottles. It fiat faces for fastening the arms ll thereto. At is the customary practice to sell softdrinks in the rear or lower end of each arm l I, a flan e n lots of six and to provide [them-in cartonsor 19 may be bent over at right angles to abut the bags ,for convenience in carrying the bottles be 1 rear edge of the respective upright. "The flange l9, provides a rigid "joint when the arm is riveted in place. The feet 13 may be made from angle irons and they extend forwardly from the lower ends of the uprights. An angle iron brace 20 is provided from each foot. The brace 20 is fixed respectively to the forward end of each foot and to the upright; l At" theback'of the rack'the pair'a of l V diagonal'braces' lfl'cross each other and are fixed to respective sides of the rack atvthe tops and bottoms of the T-iron uprights.

-At the tops of the uprights clips 21 may. be; provided for holding an advertising ordisplayy sign) Each clip is constituted by"two spring'f leaveswhich are riveted togethenm'edially off their lengths, In the upper'half; the leaves are I bowed from one another and meet at the upper ends for gripping the sign. At the lower end of I eachclipthe leaves engage over the inner flange Q of the T-iron upright and are fixed thereto.

r ger hooks is shown. I-ie re, thehooks' are 5 joined to'the support arms ll bya bracket 25 riveted to the armsjva nd the bar respectively. The angle iron is positioned withlthe onefiange 26 extendinghorizontally-toward: the front, and the, other flange 21 extendingvertically'up from the back edge thereof, The, element 23 is" formed from sheetgmetalandis configurat'ed to icorrespond} to the shape of; the angle riron bar.

frontledge ofthe element. v The top face of the bar. Thus; the hanger bar is gripped .by the ele ment' and held against accidental movement along the bar. Accordingly,"with the weight rem'ovedgth'e element-is free tofb'e moved'for adjusting its position on thebar 24.",

Figures 5 and 6 a modifiedrform oifthe feras iqabie element 23 wjhicliis adjustable ongitudinally of the rack. The element is mounted on an angle iron. hanger bar 24 which e hoo ks, 2 9 -29 and hand notch 36 are atvthe a "3 element slants 'up'fromthe hooks over the angle ironhanger bar, passes down around the back of (theangle. iron, then under it toward the front and is hookedtuparound the front edge.

a It will benoted. from Figure .6 that when a 1 weight. is hung on the hanger hooks of the e1e ment', the *hookportion at 281 is pulled tightly, against the flange 26 of-the angle iron hanger bars may be seen from the front and the'full use of the advertising is accomplished. More over, the arms are stronger; that is, a better leverage for resisting the weight of the cartons fixedly spacedhook members extending outbeyond the outerlongitudinal edge of one flange of each angle iron strip, the material between'the 2.'A support rack iorcartonsof the type havi frame providing vertic'al .rne mbers; j horizontally :,disp osed support bars mounted on said vertical 1 rnernber'sfin vertically spaced r'elations'hipisaid ffe alchs'trip 'includingpairsvo f fixedly spaced 3. Asu'pport rack for cartons of the type hav elongated hand-holdopenings; comprising, a

4 frame; a horizontally disposed bar mounted on aid bar',e ach hook;element including a reversely 'bent endiengaged; prone end of said bar'fand "a portion 'extendin arcane the bar with a supreporting; portion projected jo'utwardly over and beyo nd'the'fiange end and including spaced hook f 'f for"zremoval of the cartons supported on the hOTQkS-E V KRUEA.

The inclined arms permit better display of 1 the cartons. In other words, those on the rear .=bar s. in each instance being formed of angle iron strips, suspending means comprising pairs of.

spaced hooks of each pair being notched out to I provideclearanceiorthe fingers when the'car- "zlt 'lslarehbeing lifted'iirornisuspended positions I ing elongated handfhold openings, comprising, a

upportbars-being formed of angle iron strips vvithrhorizontal' and vertical flanges, one flange.

"hook members extending from'theouter longi- I ,tudinal edge, the flange being notched out between the hooks of the respective pairs for profv'idin'g, clearance'for the fingers when the tiartons" are being lifted from suspended positions I a 1a"rrame, h ekdeme its sli'dably mounted on i members having a clearance space therebetween 

